As America 250 approaches, the Public History podcast team digs into what this anniversary should really mean. From Frederick’s Repudiation Day coffin for the Stamp Act to the Revolution as a civil war between neighbors, we talk memory, myth, Ken Burns, and who gets written into the story of 1776 and beyond. Listen to the episode and let us know what you think!
Netflix’s Death by Lightning tackles Garfield’s brief presidency, his assassination, and Charles Guiteau’s madness. In this episode of the Public History podcast, we offer our review and take a look at the history behind this series about the 20th President of the United States and the man who killed him. Listen to the episode.
In the 1950s, Mauch Chunk was fading - until newspaperman Joe Boyle met Jim Thorpe’s widow and a wild reinvention began. Our rebranded podcast with new co-host Molly Keilty follows the town’s rise and fall and rise again, Thorpe’s story, and the Nickel-A-Week publicity push in the 1950s. This is the wild story of how Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania came into being. Listen to the episode.